Slate’s Budget Banger and an Autonomous Lovefest
Episode 177
These voice memos are starting to feel more and more like The Fast and the Furious: nobody knows the plot, but it’s loud and it keeps coming back. Slate Auto is shaking things up with a sub-$25,000 electric pickup truck, built in a repurposed Indiana printing plant, aiming to be the budget king of EVs. Waymo and Toyota are flirting with a partnership to bring self-driving tech to robotaxis and maybe even your next Corolla, but the deal’s still playing coy. President Trump’s partial rollback of a 25% import tariff had automakers breathing easier, dodging a price hike that could’ve zapped EV adoption. And always remember. A crush is for a time of prosperity.
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